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Leaders of the group of atomic bomb survivors awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize emphasised on Saturday the present risk from nuclear weapons and renewed their call to abolish nuclear weapons. “There is currently a risk of nuclear war… we must eliminate that risk,” Terumi Tanaka, the co-head of the Nihon Hidankyo group said at a press conference, without specifying any countries. In awarding the survivors, the Nobel Prize committee highlighted the Japanese group’s decades-long work to rid the world of nuclear weapons. 

After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let the unfolding conflict in Lebanon play out. Just two weeks ago, the United States and France were demanding an immediate 21-day ceasefire to ward off an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. That effort was derailed by Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Syed Hassan Nasrallah, the Oct. 1 launch of Israeli ground operations in southern Lebanon and Israeli airstrikes that have wiped out much of the group’s leadership. Now, U.S. officials have dropped their calls for a ceasefire, arguing that circumstances have changed. “We do support Israel launching these incursions to… Read More »Caught Between Competing Goals In Lebanon, US Stays On The Sidelines

During a recent interview on “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations,” Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, revealed that Google is seeking “superstar software engineers.” Mr Pichai emphasised that those aspiring to join the tech giant’s engineering team must excel and be willing to learn, grow, and adapt to new challenges. Mr Pichai also discussed how Google’s workplace culture encourages creativity and innovation. He highlighted the company’s tradition of offering free meals to employees, explaining that these perks help build a sense of community and ignite creative thinking. Mr Pichai recalled moments from his early years at Google when spontaneous interactions in the company cafe; led to the development of exciting… Read More »Sundar Pichai Reveals What Google Seeks In Entry-Level Job Applicants

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin’s top political opponent before his death in February, believed he would die in prison, according to his posthumous memoir which will to be released on October 22. The New Yorker published excerpts from the book Friday, featuring writing from Navalny’s prison diary and earlier. “I will spend the rest of my life in prison and die here,” he wrote on March 22, 2022. “There will not be anybody to say goodbye to … All anniversaries will be celebrated without me. I’ll never see my grandchildren.” Navalny had been serving a 19-year prison sentence on “extremism” charges in an Arctic penal colony. His death on February 16… Read More »“I Will Die Here”: Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Wrote Before Death In Prison

<p><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>A recent report found that the food consumption patterns in India are the most sustainable amongst the major economies in the world. The report titled, &lsquo;Living Planet Report 2024&rsquo;, by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said that India emerged as the most sustainable nation in the category.</span></p> <p><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The study noted that if other nations follow India&rsquo;s lead in its dietary habits, the environmental burden of food production could be reduced drastically, reported Moneycontrol. The findings revealed that India&rsquo;s food consumption would need less than one Earth (0.84) to sustain food production demands by 2050. This positioned India as a role model for countries for sustainable eating.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Meanwhile,… Read More »India’s Food Habits Found Most Sustainable Amongst Major Economies, Says WWF Report